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Cathedral at Old Panama

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Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Cathedral at Old Panama
Phone:
+507 262-3720

Address:
Ruinas de Panama la Vieja | No Confundir Con la Catedral Metropolitana en El Casco Antiguo!, Panama City, Panama

The Sacred Heart Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in the old town of Panama City in Panama. It was consecrated in 1796, although construction work began in 1688, 108 years earlier. The cathedral is the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Panama. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Panama is heir to the Cathedral erected by Pope Adrian VI in the great house of the Cacique Cémaco, when the Spaniards faced and offered found a population dedicated to Santa Maria la Antigua in 1510. In 1513 dictates the bula why Antigua is raised to the rank of dioceses and church to the rank of Cathedral, its first bishop was Fray Juan de Quevedo. After the fire caused to escape the pirate Henry Morgan in 1671, the city was transferred to the current Old Town of the city of Panama in 1673 and with this move the adjournment of a new cathedral, whose construction takes 108 years .
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